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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE JOHN DEEBLE, OF SOUTHINGTON, CONNECTICUT,ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO JULIUS B. SAVAGE, OF SAME PLACE.

OX-SHOE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 338,937, dated March30, 1886.

Application filed February 19, 1856.

To 60% whom-it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN DEEBLE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Southington, in the county of Hartford and State ofConnecticut, have invented certain new and use ful Improvements inOX-Shoes, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in oxshoes; and the main object ofmy invention is to enable the shoe to be more securely attached to thefoot.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a reverse plan view of a pairof my oX-shoes, and Fig. 2is a side elevation of one of said shoesshowing the outer edge.

The main portion of the shoe may be of any ordinary construction, thesame being provided with heel-calks a and toe-calks b, as shown. Infront of the toe-calks b I form an extension, 0, in which is anail-hole, (1, so that one nail may be driven into each part of thedivided hoof at a point forward of the toe-call; b. It is well knownthat the hoofs of oxen are the hardest and the horny shell the thickesttoward the toe, and therefore a nail has more holding power at thepoints of the hoof than elsewhere. Furthermore, when a shoe catches onsome object near the toe and is pulled upon Serial No. 192,589. (X0model.)

as the animal steps along, the nearer the nails are placed to the pointof the toe the more 3: they will hold, even if the hoof were no harderat that point. The extension 0 also furnishes available stock from whichthe blacksmith can form the holding scarf or lip e. This he can do byturning down a little of the metal 5 from the inner edge of theextension just forward of the talk.

I am aware that ox-shoes have been made with three or more calks andwith nail-holes forward of the middle ealks, and Ihereby dis- 40 claimthe same. In my shoe the toe-calks are not drawn backward toward themiddle of the shoe, but said calks occupy the same position as thetoe-calks of ordinary shoes, and the extension 0 covers a part of thehoof, which is 5 left bare by the ordinary shoe.

I claim as my invention The hereindescribed oXshoe having the extension0 forward of the toe-ealk, substantially as described, and for thepurpose speci- 59 fied.

JOHN DEEBLE.

\Vitnesses:

DENTARE E. BINGHAM, Minions I-I. I-IoLcoMB.

